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It Was 1942, And Nazis Were Kidnapping Children
Wssewolod Galezkij and 7 year-old Irene Famulak were separated
in 1942 when Nazis took her to a labor camp.
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Nazis Arrested The Girl
That was the night the invading Nazis came to take her away from
her Ukrainian home.
"The Nazis told my mother that I was being taken to work in a German
labor camp for six months. But it was, of course, much longer. I was
there for years."
But after 66 years apart, Famulak, 83, was reunited with her long lost
73-year-old brother, Wssewolod Galezkij. They held each other close
this time, cherishing the moment. Watch siblings hug for first time in
seven decades »
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1942 when Nazis took her to a labor camp.
Nazis stopped theri Russian blitzkrieg to capture a 17 year old girl
and use a train to ship her to Germany?
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The Girl Flies To America
When it was liberated in 1945, Famulak stayed in Germany for
several years, eventually emigrating to the United States in 1956.
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Linda Klein Found The Missing Sibling
Linda Klein, the director of the American Red Cross Holocaust and
War Victims Tracing Center, said the volunteer who helped the siblings
find each other got caught up in the emotion herself.
"When I showed her the picture, she stood there and wept," Klein said.
"She was beside herself."
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